Ramesses McGuiness

Ramesses Moore-McGuinness (born on 6 January 2000) is a US Virgin Islands footballer who plays for the US Virgin Islands national team.

Ramesses Moore-McGuinness
Personal information
Full name Ramesses Moore-McGuinness
Date of birth (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000[1]
Place of birth Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands[2]
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Kean Cougars 17 (5)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 US Virgin Islands U20 5 (1)
2018– US Virgin Islands 4 (1)

Playing career

McGuiness was born and raised in Saint Croix, United States, he and his brother moved in 2015 to West Windsor Township, New Jersey to live with relatives in the wake of Hurricane Irma.[3] He attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in New Jersey, and was named Colonial Valley Conference Player of the Year while leading his team to a Mercer County Tournament finals appearance in 2017.[4]

He debuted internationally on 12 October 2018 in a match against Curaçao in a 0–5 defeat in the CONCACAF Nations League qualifying.[5]

On 11 November 2018, McGuiness participated in a youth level in the US Virgin Islands U20 team at the 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship held in United States where he scored his goal for the youth team against Suriname in a massive 13–2 defeat.

On 12 October 2019, McGuiness scored his first senior goal for the US Virgin Islands during the match against non-FIFA member Saint Martin in a 1–2 loss in the CONCACAF Nations League.[6]

References
  1. "US Virgin Islands - R. Moore-Mcguinness - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  2. "Brothers push each other to soccer success for WW-P High School South". communitynews.org. October 17, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  3. Feil, Justin. "Brothers push each other to soccer success for WW-P High School South", Community News, October 17, 2017. Accessed February 23, 2020. "Ramesses Moore-McGuinness thinks often of his roots. Before every soccer game and after every goal he scores, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South senior captain says a little prayer for St. Croix, where he was born and raised.... The boys moved to West Windsor to live with their aunt in 2015 and last spring, their dad moved up from St. Croix to join them."
  4. Birch, Red (December 8, 2017). "West Windsor South's Ramesses Moore McGuinness is the CVC boys soccer Player of the Year". The Trentonian. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  5. "Game Detail". www.concacafnationsleague.com. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  6. "Game Detail". www.concacafnationsleague.com. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
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